Yes, I am very proud of myself! I swam every single yard, biked every single minute, and ran every single minute of the week's workouts! Who da' woman?!? Ha! Ha!
The week was full of ups and downs (what week isn't?) so here were my Challenges and Successes this week:
Challenges:
- Had some major charlie horse cramping in my feet near the end of my 1500 meter swim. Tried to gut it out cause I was on a mission to swim it faster than my previous one (30 minutes). Had to stop about six times to try to massage/stretch the dang thing out, but it held on through the last 300 meters. OUCH!
- Running 40 minutes during a snow-storm. I've forgotten what it feels like to run without seven layers on! I bet I'll fly!!
- Running on the treadmill for 60 minutes! Ugh! I tell ya...that thing will be the death of me! :( I ran at a 5.0 (yes, I'll admit to that) the first 50 minutes then told myself that I gotta increase. So I went to a 5.5 until 55 minutes at which point I took it to a 6.0. Yes, that killed me! And I'm embarrassed to admit I only ran 5.25 miles. Blech!!
- Saturday 90-minute ride on the spin bike.....going nowhere.....sitting in the same place for an hour and a half.......frustrated about leaving my family for 3 hours on a Saturday and then knowing I'll be spent for the rest of the day.........leaving my lights on during the entire time and coming out to a dead car. (Thanks for rescuing me, Travis!)
Successes:
- Did every minute and every yard of my workout!!
- Beat my previous 1500 meter swim time by 2 minutes, despite having to stop six times because of my cramp!
- Ran on the treadmill for 60 minutes!
- LOVED the speed swim workout! I just like sprinting everything!
- Did every minute and every yard of my workout!! (Did I already say that?)
Overall, I felt great about last week's effort!
Started week 19 off with a strength training workout with some fellow women from the ward. We meet at the church and work our butts off doing leg, arm, and ab strength exercises! Last time I did it, I couldn't walk for three days. Hopefully, I won't be as sore this time around. I hit the pool and did the long workout tonight. Felt great!
Awesome job! Wish I could say the same about every yard of every workout. I had to substitute one run with a bike and then I forgot 150 yards of my cooldown this morning. Dangit! Other than that, I hit it hard and got it all in! Keep truckin'!
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